[Leica] Neopan 400 and the Mighty Collapsible 'Cron

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)]

Folks -

Shot some B&W over the past couple of weeks and was thinking about  
many things I've gleaned from a number of LUG participants.  I'm  
getting dangerously close to settling on Neopan 400 in Xtol (at  
either 1:2 or 1:3) as my default M load, and the collapsible 'cron is  
currently a front runner for the delineating device.  There seems to  
be a graceful character about the transition from the intended focus  
plane on outward. As much as I often cast aside the seemingly  
sentimental waxings of those who champion them old-school lenses I  
must say that I feel somewhat susceptible to a certain graceful ease  
of imaging.  Here's a quick sample of stuff; the shot of guitar  
builder Ken Parker (someone with whom I work regularly) was shot with  
my regular working axe (Canon 20D) with a 50 1.8 Canon EF.  The other  
three are of a more personal nature; they may therefore be of little  
interest to anyone other than myself. yet these kindof more intimate  
snaps are just the thing that the collapsible/film combo seems to  
deliver so well, to my eyes (all from the Neopan 400 roll developed  
in Xtol 1:2).

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Bob Palmieri